Lalomanu Beach

Living on the beach with amazing reef just a few metres offshore...this is the place to relax.

Well, we headed down to Lalomanu on the southern side of Upolu for a beach New Year's Party. In all there were 17 volunteers. We stayed in open beach fales. Really comfy. They give you a foam mattress with fresh (!) sheets and a bug net. There was ...

Entry containing 9 photos titled: 1 - Lalomanu Beach, 2, 3 - Lalomanu Beach, 4 - To Sua Ocean Trench, 5 - Mike in To Sua Ocean Trench, 6 - To Sua swimming, 7 - To Sua climbing, 8 - Togitogiga Waterfall, 9 - Papapapai-tai waterfall

... just seemed to skim past the village and beach on either side of us.  NOW, we really felt like we were on holiday. Lalomanu beach holds a few different Fale accommodation.  A fale is an open hut on the sand. (See photos and go green with envy ...

... :  morning nap at 10am, afternoon nap at 1.30pm, late afternoon nap at 4-5pm.   Like most of the guests in Samoa that week, we contemplated all possible options to find the sun and warmth of the pacific islands:  shall we fly to Fiji?   ...

... side of bridges as well as underneath. But most of the time has been lovely and sunny and we've been relaxing by the beach and snorkelling with tropical fish over coral reefs. We are back in the capital of samoa now a place called Apia where everywhere ...

... and we were on our way to the tsunami disaster area...a one and a half hour drive south from the capitol of Apia.  Lalomanu was the worst hit of the entire coastline.  Arriving at the tsunami disaster zone was definitely a bit of a shock, to ...

Imagine a hut on the beach in Samoa, less than 10m from the water (or less than 30ft for the non-metrics)... you can hear the waves softly crashing on the fine sand, the heat making your skin moist and the wind appeasing you into a deep sleep by caressing ...

Hi everyone! Sorry you haven't heard from me in while! Been a bit busy...   Well, we visited Lalomanu, south-eastern Upolu, a couple of weekends ago and that was great!   We got on the bus for Lalomanu Saturday morning in Apia and prepared ...

... started without rain but needless to say that the rain joined the game without being asked!  It was our last night at Taufua Beach Fales and the staff gave a dance show for all the guests. Hence the photos & videos...  still no new amazing ...

Since the weather was still not better the next day, we managed to use a cab to take us to waterfalls around the island.  It was raining and why not see more water while we were at it.   During our waterfall tour, we were exposed to some of the ...

... The show was staged only for six people and there were at least 10 performers... Tourism is still to find Samoa.   Nous voici à Lalomanu et nous allons passé notre première nuit dans un fale sur la plage. On était tout excité à l'idée ...

... around and vision was seriously occluded anyways.    We eventually arrived in Apia by mid-afternoon.   Trip from Apia to Lalomanu by taxi:  1 hour and 15 mins Trip from Lalomanu to Apia by bus:  2 hours and 45 mins We spent our ...

We arrived at Taufua Beach Fales and relished the sun and the heat,... at least for a few hours!  We had a wonderful local lunch including taro, raw fish curry, roasted suckling pig and a lot more delicious food.  We also had a few awesome hours ...

... red raw, got sunburnt in 1/2 an hour on the boat, I can only hope tomorrow isn't bad on the sunburn!. The J4 Beach Adventure This morning we headed off without Daddo! We boarded the tender, much to Cam's delight, and headed into Vava'u.  There ...